Muhurat
Choosing the right time — for weddings, sanskars, a new home, a vehicle or a business, and the daily windows like Choghadiya, Rahu Kaal and Abhijit.
Today's Panchang
New Delhi, India
Date12 October 2026
DayMonday
Hindu YearVikram Samvat 2083
Hindu MonthAshwina
Sunrise6:20 am
Sunset5:54 pm
TithiShukla Dwitiya upto 10:13 pm
NakshatraSwati upto 11:52 pm
YogaVishkambha upto 8:31 pm
KaranaBalava upto 9:48 am
Abhijit Muhurat11:44 am – 12:30 pm
Rahu Kalam7:46 am – 9:13 am
Times in IST, calculated from sunrise at the selected city. Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are those at sunrise, with the time each ends.
Sanskar Muhurat — Life's Ceremonies
Choosing the day for a wedding and for a child's naming, first haircut and first food.
Vivah Muhurat: How a Hindu Wedding Date Is Chosen
A wedding muhurat is not just a 'good date' from a calendar. It is the overlap of a favourable season, nakshatra, tithi and lagna with the strength of Jupiter, the Sun and the Moon in the bride's and groom's own charts — which is why two couples can get different dates in the same month.
Read more →MuhuratNamkaran Muhurat: When and How to Name a Baby
Namkaran, the naming ceremony, is traditionally held on the 10th or 12th day after birth, once the period of birth-impurity ends. The first syllable of the name is often taken from the baby's birth nakshatra — here is how that works, and how to pick the day.
Read more →MuhuratMundan Muhurat: The First Haircut (Chudakarana)
Mundan, or chudakarana, is a child's first ritual haircut. The Manusmriti places it in the first or third year, and most families still choose an odd year of age, a good nakshatra and often a tirtha or the family deity's temple.
Read more →MuhuratAnnaprashan Muhurat: The Baby's First Rice
Annaprashan is the ceremony of a baby's first solid food, prescribed for the sixth month. Families commonly hold it in an even month for boys and an odd month for girls, on a good tithi and nakshatra — usually with sweet rice kheer fed from a silver spoon.
Read more →Home, Property and Purchases
Entering a new home, breaking ground, buying a vehicle and opening a business.
Griha Pravesh Muhurat: Entering a New Home
Griha pravesh is the first formal entry into a home. The muhurat depends on which of three kinds of entry it is — a brand-new house, a return after a long absence, or a return after repairs or a disaster — and on the month, nakshatra and tithi.
Read more →MuhuratBhoomi Pujan & Property Muhurat: Land, Foundation and Purchase
Before the first spade goes into the ground, Hindu tradition worships the earth and the Vastu Purusha and asks permission to build. Here is how the muhurat for bhoomi pujan, the foundation stone and property registration is chosen, and what the rite involves.
Read more →MuhuratVahan Kharid Muhurat: Buying a Car, Bike or Vehicle
For a vehicle, tradition favours the 'movable' nakshatras — fitting for something meant to travel — along with Pushya, Dhanteras, Akshaya Tritiya and Navratri. Here is how to pick the day and hour, what to avoid, and how the first vahan puja is done.
Read more →MuhuratVyapar Arambh Muhurat: Opening a Shop, Office or Business
Starting a business, opening a shop or signing a major deal is traditionally timed for Mercury's and Jupiter's days, swift nakshatras like Pushya and Hasta, and a Labh or Amrit choghadiya — and many traders still open their new account books on Diwali.
Read more →Daily Muhurat — Good and Bad Hours
The windows inside every day: Choghadiya, Rahu Kaal, Abhijit and Brahma muhurat.
Choghadiya: Reading the Day's Good and Bad Hours
Choghadiya divides day and night into eight periods each, named Amrit, Shubh, Labh, Char, Udveg, Rog and Kaal. It is the quick, practical muhurat of Western India — used for starting a journey, a purchase or a business task when there is no time to cast a full muhurat.
Read more →MuhuratRahu Kaal: The Daily Window to Avoid New Beginnings
Rahu Kaal is a roughly 90-minute slice of every day, assigned to the shadow planet Rahu, during which new ventures are traditionally not begun. Its place in the day depends on the weekday — Monday's is early morning, Sunday's late afternoon — and the exact clock time depends on your city's sunrise and sunset.
Read more →MuhuratAbhijit Muhurat: The Victorious Midday Window
Abhijit is the eighth of the fifteen muhurtas of the day — a window of about 48 minutes centred on local noon. Its name means 'victorious', and it is the one daily muhurat traditionally considered strong enough to rescue a day that offers no other good time.
Read more →MuhuratBrahma Muhurat: The Hour Before Dawn
Brahma muhurat is the muhurta that ends about 48 minutes before sunrise — roughly 4:30 to 5:20 am in much of India. Ayurveda recommends rising in it, and yogic and devotional traditions treat it as the best time of the whole day for prayer, japa, meditation and study.
Read more →Periods to Avoid, and Days That Need No Muhurat
Bhadra, Panchak, Kharmas and Chaturmas — and the Abujh days that are auspicious in themselves.
Bhadra Kaal: Why Rakhi and Holika Dahan Wait for It to End
Bhadra is the panchang's name for the Vishti karana, a half-tithi that recurs eight times every lunar month and is considered unfit for auspicious beginnings. Whether it matters on a given day depends on where Bhadra 'resides' — on earth, in heaven or in the netherworld — which is read from the Moon's sign.
Read more →MuhuratPanchak: The Five Nakshatras and What to Avoid
Panchak is the roughly five-day stretch every month when the Moon passes through the last five nakshatras, from Dhanishtha to Revati. Tradition restricts a specific list of activities in it — roofing, southward travel, gathering firewood, making a bed — and names each Panchak by the weekday it begins on.
Read more →MuhuratKharmas, Chaturmas and Holashtak: When Auspicious Work Pauses
Several stretches of the Hindu year are set aside from weddings, griha pravesh and other new beginnings — Kharmas twice a year, the four months of Chaturmas, the eight days of Holashtak, and the combustion of Jupiter or Venus. Here is when each falls, why, and what is still encouraged in them.
Read more →MuhuratAbujh Muhurat: Days So Auspicious They Need No Calculation
An abujh ('unasked') muhurat is a day considered auspicious in itself — Akshaya Tritiya, Vasant Panchami, Devuthani Ekadashi, Vijayadashami and a few others — on which a wedding, griha pravesh or new venture can be begun without consulting the panchang. Here are the main ones, plus the Pushya and siddhi yogas.
Read more →What a muhurat is
A muhurta was first a unit of time: the day and night were divided into thirty muhurtas of about 48 minutes each, each with its own name and character. Over time the word came to mean the right moment — a time chosen so that the panchang's five limbs (tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana) and the planets support what is being begun.
How a muhurat is chosen
Every muhurat on this page follows the same logic. First, rule out the periods when a task is not done at all — Kharmas, Chaturmas and Holashtak, Bhadra, and for some tasks Panchak. Then match the nature of the nakshatra to the nature of the task: fixed nakshatras for a house, movable ones for a vehicle, swift ones for trade. Finally pick the hour — a lagna for the great sanskaras, or a good choghadiya outside Rahu Kaal for everyday beginnings.
Using these guides well
Panchang traditions differ by region, and timings depend on your city's sunrise and sunset, so treat these guides as an explanation of the rules and check exact dates in your own panchang or with your family priest. And when no muhurat can be found, the Abujh muhurat days are always there.